WORLD'S LARGEST SWIMMING POOL !

If you like doing laps in the swimming pool , you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one.

It is more than 1,000 yards long, overs 20 acres, has a 115 ft. deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.

"An Olympic size pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards"

Yesterday , the Guinness Book of Records ; named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world.

But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own and you have the space to accommodate it , then beware :

This one took five years to build, cost nearly one Billion and the annual maintenance bill will be 2 million.

The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile's southern coast, since it opened last month.

It's Turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.

Chile's monster pool uses a computer controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other.

The sun warms the water to 26 C degrees , warmer than the adjoining sea.

Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said : "advanced engineering meant his company could build an impressive artificial paradise, even in inhospitable areas and as long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean".